This Network is a group of trade union-linked researchers from all over Africa. It provides information and services to both the public and African Labour researchers.
International network of citizens’ organizations struggling to eradicate poverty and the causes of poverty, to ensure an equitable distribution of wealth and the realization of human rights.
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Swat Youth Front - SYF
NGO working for elimination of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment of the inhabitants of district Swat. Pakistan.
Tanzania Association of Non-Governmental Organizations - TANGO
A national umbrella organization serving the Tanzanian NGO community. Its website provides with information about the organisation including the various functions and programmes the network is involved as a coalition of NGOs in the country.
The Barefoot College
The College addresses problems of drinking water, income generation, electricity and power, as well as social awareness and the conservation of ecological systems in rural communities. The College encourages practical knowledge and skills rather than paper qualifications through a learning by doing process of education. India.
The Galilee Society
Arab National Society for Health Research & Services. The GS is committed to the achievement of equitable health, environmental, and socio-economic conditions and development opportunities for Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel.
The International Center of Bethlehem
The International Center of Bethlehem is concerned with resurrecting not only buildings, but also the Palestinian community as a whole. Palestine.
The Mvula Trust
The Mvula Trust's mission is to improve the health and welfare of poor and disadvantaged South Africans in rural and peri-urban communities by increasing their access to safe and sustainable water and sanitation services. South Africa.
The Papua New Guinea Eco-Forestry Forum
The PNG Eco-Forestry Forum is a not-for-profit incorporated association formed with the goal of promoting integrated rural community development and sustainable resource use through a viable and sustainable eco-forestry industry. Its purpose is to support the activities of its members and other groups involved in eco-forestry and to promote their work to a wider audience.
Trade AID Integrated
They work on rural enterprises around the numerous indigenous livelihoods to generate employment and wealth for the rural poor and Ghana at large.
Tujifunze - Centre for Information Technology
The organization is committed to uplifting and empowering communities, especially disadvantaged groups, such as orphans/children, women and the elderly, through the use of information and communication technologies. "Tujifunze" in Swahili means "learning". Tanzania.
Undugu Society of Kenya
Established to respond to the plight of street children who were roaming about in Nairobi. The society has expanded and diversified its services in response to the children in difficult circumstances and the urban poor, including fundraising through the direct export of handicraft sculptures and gourds.
Sri Lanka's Reconstruction and Development Agency has since wound down as has the massive reconstruction effort. Still many are without homes they could call their own.
BCI 2009: no progress in the global fight against poverty
The countries and regions of the world are becoming increasingly polarised in spite of their international commitments to fight poverty. This is what emerges from the 2009 Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) published by Social Watch.
G8 countries show total lack of political will to address the global food crisis
The blatant absence of the heads of states of the G8 countries in the World Food Summit, held in Rome from 16 to 18th of November, was one of the key causes of the total failure of this summit.
The food, environmental and economic crises have challenged civil society organizations and the communities they serve. A broad-based survey, financially supported by the UN, measured the impact of the crises on the operating capacity of CSOs around the world and their expectations as they look ahead.
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NGO Committee for Social Development
